San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.